Another word for wetland

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water

• swampland

  1. Land of swampy consistency or having many swamps on it.

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  1. Land of swampy consistency or having many swamps on it.

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• swamp

  1. An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants.
  2. A lowland region saturated with water.
  3. A situation or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables:

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  1. An area of low-lying land that is frequently flooded, especially one dominated by woody plants.
  2. A lowland region saturated with water.
  3. A situation or place fraught with difficulties and imponderables:

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• slough

  1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.
  2. A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.
  3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.

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  1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.
  2. A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.
  3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.

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• quagmire

  1. Land with a soft muddy surface.
  2. A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.

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  1. Land with a soft muddy surface.
  2. A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.

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• quag

  1. A quagmire.

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  1. A quagmire.

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• muskeg

  1. A peat bog formed by an accumulation of sphagnum moss, leaves, and decayed matter, often with scattered small trees, and found especially in northern North America.

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  1. A peat bog formed by an accumulation of sphagnum moss, leaves, and decayed matter, often with scattered small trees, and found especially in northern North America.

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• morass

  1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
  2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms:

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  1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
  2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms:

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• mire

  1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
  2. Deep slimy soil or mud.
  3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation:

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  1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
  2. Deep slimy soil or mud.
  3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation:

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• marshland

  1. A marshy tract of land.

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  1. A marshy tract of land.

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• marsh

  1. An area of low-lying land that is usually saturated with water and is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plants.

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  1. An area of low-lying land that is usually saturated with water and is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plants.

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• fen

  1. An area of low wet land having peaty soil and typically being less acidic than a bog.

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  1. An area of low wet land having peaty soil and typically being less acidic than a bog.

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• bog

  1. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow.
  2. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
  3. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.

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  1. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow.
  2. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate.
  3. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground.

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